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Judge allows asbestos claim against employer's discharged executor
Case law supports action to establish claim against estate
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Scots law governs claim though asbestosis developed in England, judges rule
Place of delict remained place of deceased's work
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Proof allowed in ex-fiscal's claim based on work stress
Judge rejects Lord Advocate's attempt to have case dismissed
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Asbestos case win for family of wife affected by husband's clothing
Judge holds employers ought reasonably to have foreseen injury risk
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Householders succeed in claim for Japanese knotweed encroachment
Court of Appeal upholds decision against Network Rail
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Damages Bill introduced to regulate personal injury discount rate
Holyrood measure will require review every three years
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SLC consultation process queried as committee backs Prescription Bill
Stage 1 evidence throws up new issues from welfare rights sector
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Judge annuls criminal injuries compensation refusal in historic rape case
"Exceptional circumstances" for not applying to be reconsidered
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Motor Insurers' Bureau revises claim form for GDPR compliance
Old forms no longer being accepted
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Draft claims management company rules released by FCA
Authority to become responsible from April 2019
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Appeal ruling adds to English solicitors' property fraud risk
Buyers' and sellers' advisers both held liable for buyer's losses
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Supreme Court vetoes insurers' bid to bypass protocol legal costs
Solicitors could enforce equitable lien under English law
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Employers' insurers liable for door steward's fatal assault
Lack of intention to kill disapplied policy exclusion
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Bill proposes changes to PI discount rate calculation
Different investments, and three-yearly reviews, under new scheme
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Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge
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£160m claim against Burness Paull settles out of court
Undisclosed figure ends massive conflict of interest suit
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Defamation overhaul proposed in Scottish Law Commission report
One year limitation and express public interest defence among reforms
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Footballers lose appeal in civil rape case
Judges hold Lord Ordinary did not err in assessing the evidence
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Council vicariously liable for foster carers' abuse, Supreme Court rules
Principles for imposing liability met by law and practice at relevant time
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Childhood abuse limitation rule lifted from today
Act to remove three year requirement now in force
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Draft Defamation Bill leaves an online gap, Faculty warns
"Comprehensive" scheme fails to provide for secondary publishers
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Proper training needed for periodical payment order plans, Faculty states
Court-imposed settlements must be properly resourced: response
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Government to change basis of calculating PI discount rate
"Low risk" rather than "very low risk" investments to be reference point
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LSEW fails to have "find a solicitor" negligence claim struck out
Court of Appeal allows trial before determining issue of duty of care